Shampoo garment



Sept. 16, 1958 A. A. JENNINGS-Y 2,851,690 I SHAMPOO GARMENT Filed Aug.1, 1956 R m H. m

fll'ff/EA 4. JEA/N/N6S BY i Q/CHEX M776; 6066270 & MNEMVV United StatesPatent SHAMPOO GARMENT Alethea A. Jennings, Cleveland, Ohio ApplicationAugust 1, 1956, Serial No. 601,552

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-50) This invention relates broadly to garments, andmore specifically, to shampoo garments to be worn while the hair isbeing washed, in order to protect the wearers clothes from liquidsapplied to the hair.

In conventional practice, when shampooing ladies hair, a large cape orsome similar garment is used which is draped around the body and usuallyextends from the neck to about the knees. Such garment is usually fittedsnugly around the neck and is adapted to be used on people of varioussizes.

I have discovered that make-up jackets, which may be made of clothmaterial such as nylon or the like may be readily used as a shampoogarment for protecting the clothes of the wearer by providing adetachable cape adapted to be quickly and easily attached to anddetached from the jacket.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a neat andattractive make-up jacket, which may be used as a shampoo garment, forcovering the shoulders of the wearer and the body down to the waist,said jacket being quickly put on and taken off.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment of the typementioned including a neckband portion of soft flexible material forengaging the neck of the wearer and preventing liquid running down theneck of the person.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shampoo garment havinga comfortable, flexible neckband engageable around necks of differentsizes for mounting the garment in substantially sealing relation withthe neck of the wearer.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a garment of the typedescribed, which may be produced at a relatively low cost and iseffective and durable in usage.

These and other objects of the invention will appear during the courseof the following specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view with the cape displayed above theneck portion;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,while Fig. 3 is a view showing the garment mounted on the body of aperson with the cape attached and disposed in the position it may assumeduring a shampoo operation.

The inventive thought underlying this invention relates to providing aneat and attractive make-up jacket to which a detachable water-proofcape is readily attached, preferably around the band of the neckportion, so that the jacket may be also worn and used as a shampoogarment, for protecting the clothes of the wearer during a hairshampooing operation. Preferably, the jacket includes a neck band formedof sponge rubber for the convenience and comfort of the wearer. Thesponge rubber also allows for considerable latitude of adjustment ofneck sizes, and due to the close adherence of such material to the neck,as a result of the soft flexible characteristics of the sponge rubber,it prevents water and various liquids used on the hair from running downthe neck of the person receiving the shampoo treatment.

In the drawings, forming a part of the specification, the numeral 10refers to an embodiment of my combination make-up jacket and shampooinggarment invention, which as illustrated in Fig. 1, comprises a jacket 11including a body portion 12 and short sleeves 13 and a collar 14 in theform of an upstanding neckband. The body portion 12, sleeves 13, andcollar 14, are formed of cloth material such as that known by the tradename of nylon indicated by the numeral 15, while an outside layer ofthin transparent plastic material 16 is secured thereto in any suitablemanner such as by stitching. For certain uses the plastic coating 16 maybe omitted. The front of the garment is divided and one side folds overthe other as shown in Fig. 1, the two sections are joined together bysnap fasteners 17. If desired the front of the garment may be providedwith a pocket 18.

The garment thus described is adjusted to be worn and used as a make-upjacket which will readily be understood. In addition to serving theforegoing purpose, the garment may be converted into a shampoo garmentby attaching thereto a short cape 19, as illustrated in Fig. l. Thegarment collar 14 is provided around its outside surface with snapfasteners 17 adapted to lock with cooperating snap fasteners 17 disposedalong the inner top margin of the cape 19, for readily attaching anddetaching the cape 19. The collar 14 comprises a body portion of spongerubber 20 having a covering of plastic material surrounding it andsecured thereto by stitching or other suitable means. The constructionand arrangement of the sponge rubber 20 within the collar 14 and themanner of attaching the cape 19 thereto permit considerable variation inneck sizes and prevents liquid from running down the neck of the wearer.

A flap 24 having its inner margin secured to the collar 14 by stitching25, as illustrated in Fig. 2, extends outwardly from and downwardlyalong the collar 14 for preventing liquids from entering the garmentalong the seam formed where the top margin of the cape 19 joins thecollar 14.

Fig. 3 illustrates a manner of using the jacket 11 with the cape 19attached while the hair of the user is being shampooed. When using thejacket for such purposes, the cape 19 is usually attached to the back ofthe collar 14 and the person receiving the treatment may be seated on achair 21 while the cape 19 may be draped over a drain board 22 usuallyconnected to a drain.

If desired the edges of the jacket 11 may be reinforced "by a trim cord23 also attached to and retained on the garment by stitching. Thegarment 10 may be made of various materials other than thoseillustrated. The cape 19 obviously may likewise be made of diiferentmaterials and it may be secured around the entire collar 14. The jacket11 may be'variously changed, used or modified to suit specialrequirements, all of the foregoing being within the contemplated scopeof my invention.

Although the foregoing description is necessarily of a detailedcharacter, in order that the invention may be completely set forth, itis to be understood that the specific terminology is not intended to berestrictive or confining, and that various rearrangements of parts andmodifications of detail may be resorted to without departing from thescope or spirit of the invention as herein claimed.

, What is claimed is:

1. An improvement in a make-up jacket and shampoo garment comprising, ajacket including a body portion, sleeves and a relatively short andthick upstanding collar formed of resilient spongy material, fasteningmeans disposed around the outer surface of said collar, a waterproofcape provided with cooperating fastening means releasably securing saidcape to said collar, said cape extending downwardly over said bodyportion, and a flap formed of water-proof material attached to the outersurface of said collar above the point of attachment of the cape to saidcollar, said flap extending downwardly from its point of attachment tosaid collar and being draped over at least the top portion of said capefor preventing liquids from entering the seam between the outer marginof said collar and the top margin of said cape.

2. A combination make-up jacket and shampoo garment comprising, a jacketincluding a body portion having longitudinally disposed flies providedwith fastening means, sleeves and a relatively short and thickupstanding collar formed of resilient spongy material, said bodyportion, sleeves and collar being formed of nonwater-proof material, alayer of transparent water-proof material secured to each side of saidbody portion, sleeves and collar, snap fastening means disposed aroundthe outer surface of said collar midway between the top and bottommargins thereof, a water-proof cape provided with cooperating ReferencesCited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 126,718 KuhlmanMay 14, 1872 969,491 Payne Sept 6, l9l0 FOREIGN PATENTS 603,350 GreatBritain June 14, 1948

